HyperDic: parthenium_argentatum

English > 1 sense of the expression Parthenium argentatum:
NOUNplantParthenium argentatum, guayulemuch-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico
English > Parthenium argentatum: 1 sense > noun 1, plant
MeaningMuch-branched subshrub with silvery leaves and small white flowers of Texas and northern Mexico; cultivated as a source of rubber.
Synonymguayule
Member ofParthenium, genus Partheniumsmall genus of North American herbs and shrubs with terminal panicles of small ray flowers
Broadersubshrub, suffrutexlow-growing woody shrub or perennial with woody base
Spanishguayule
Catalanguayule

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